Info: Available in 100 Capsules or a 100 ml Tincture
Wormwood is a woody shrub which has not only been used to make two bitter-tasting alcohols (vermouth and absinthe), but when it's prepared as an herb, it also is a bitter (i.e., it can stimulate the appetite and the whole digestive process) and also has other important traditional medical uses.
Info: Available in 100 Capsules or a 100 ml Tincture
Wormwood is a woody shrub which has not only been used to make two bitter-tasting alcohols (vermouth and absinthe), but when it's prepared as an herb, it also is a bitter (i.e., it can stimulate the appetite and the whole digestive process) and also has other important traditional medical uses.
Product Notes:
Wormwood has excellent 'anthelmintic' properties (i.e., it can kill parasites such as ringworm); it also functions as an antimicrobial agent; and is even a carminative (it can reduce flatulence and dyspepsia).
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Related Products: Also see Wormwood Tincture and Sweet Annie/Chinese Wormwood.
Ingredients:
Each capsule contains 270 mg of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) along with vegetable magnesium stearate in a non-GMO vegetarian capsule composed of hypromellose and purified water.
Contains no preservatives, artificial flavour or colour, sugar, milk, starch, wheat, corn, soy, or yeast.
Each 5 ml adult dose of tincture contains a crude quantity equivalent of 1,000 mg of Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) in organic alcohol 25% (from sugarcane) and purified water.
Suggested Usage:
Capsules - Adults: Take 2-3 capsules three times daily, or as directed by a health care practitioner. Do not exceed this dosage.
Tincture:
For use as a vermifuge for children: Take on an empty stomach.
For use as a bitter tonic and to enhance digestion: Take 30 minutes before meals.
Children 2–4 years old: Take 1/6 teaspoon (35 drops / 0.833 ml) three times daily.*
Children 5–9 years old: Take ¼ teaspoon (1.25 ml) three times daily.*
Adolescents 10–14 years old: Take ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) three times daily.*
Adolescents 15 years+/Adults: Take 1 teaspoon (5 ml) three times daily.*
* Or as directed by your health-care practitioner.
Warnings:
Keep out of reach of children. Do not use New Roots Wormwood if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have stomach hyperacidity or intestinal ulcers, or have a known sensitivity to wormwood, or the Compositae family. Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have underlying defects in hepatic heme synthesis, or liver disorders, biliary disorders, and/or seizure disorders. May interact adversely with other medications; consult a health care practitioner before use if taking other medications. Hypersensitivity (e.g. allergy) is known to occur; in which case, discontinue use.
Health Canada Natural Product Numbers: 80033348 for capsules, 80119547 for tincture.
Supporting Science:
Szopa, Agnieszka et al. “Artemisia absinthium L. - Importance in the History of Medicine, the Latest Advances in Phytochemistry and Therapeutical, Cosmetological and Culinary Uses.” Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020.
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